Machine for making flat macaroni



L. DE VITO.

MACHINE FOR MAKING FLAT MACARONI.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1919.

,332,35 Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING FLAT MACARONI.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, P919.

1,332,435 Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING FLAT MACARONI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar, 2, 11920.

Application filed May 20, 1919. Serial No. 298,353.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Lonls DE Vrro, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Flat Macaroni, of which the following is a specification.

- The object of in r present invention is the provision of an e cient machine for making flat or ribbon-like macaroni.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the peculiar and advantageous machine and novel combinations thereof as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the machine constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I am cognizant.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine.

Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations of the ends of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken in the plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings. 2

The present embodiment of my invention is designed to be clamped to and supported on a table top 1, and the body bar 2 of the machine is therefore provided adjacent to: one of its ends with a depending arm 3, Fig. 1, having at 4 a lateral clamp member to which is opposed an adjustable clamp member carried by an adjusting screw 6 that is threaded through a lateral portion 7 .of-

the arm 3. The said depending'arm'3 is preferably integral with the body bar 2, and the body bar is designed to be disposed horizontally and is of channel form in crosssection, as will be understood by comparison of Figs. 1 and 5.

Arranged in the end portions of the-body bar 2,.and secured thereto by bolts and nuts or I other suitable means, are lateral inwardly-extending lugs 8 on end frame members 9 and 10.

Journaled in the frame members 9 and 10 are the trunnions 11 and 12 of a roll 13, preferably of steel, and on the trunnion 11 is fixed a spur gear 14, while the trunnion 12 has fixed thereto a hand crank 15.

Carried by and extending between the upe .bar of the locking member 22 is a vertically disposed aperture, Fig. 5, and in the undersides of the arms 21 are bifurcations 26,

Fig. 3.

n thelower forward portions of the end frame members 9 and 10 is carried a rod 30,-

and mounted to swing on the said rod 30 are the end arms 31 of a front locking member 32; the arms 31 having extensions 33 to bring up against stops 34 for the purpose of limiting the opening movement of the locking member 32, and the cross-bar of said locking member 32 having at an intermediate point in its length a bifurcation 35, Fig.5.

Supported in the upper forward portions of the frame members 9 and 10 is a transverse rock-shaft 40 on the central portion of which is an upstanding threaded stem 41 that is designed to be received in the aperture 25 of the upper locking member 22, and is equi oped with a nut 42.

ounted upon the rock-shaft 40 and capable of turning about thegaxis thereof, is a sleeve 50 in which is a slot 51 to enable the sleeve to play or rock, irrespective of the stem 41, t e stem 41 being received in the slot 51, as clearly appears in Fig. 5. On the sleeve 50 is a threaded stem 52, designed to be positioned in the bifurcation 35 of the locking member 32, and equipped with a nut 53. In common with the upper locking member 22, the lower and forward locking member 32 is provided in the inner edges of its arms 31 with bifurcations; the said bifurcations being numbered 54, and being best shown in Fig. 3.

At 60 is a roll, preferably, thoughnot necessarily, of wood, and designed to cooperate with the roll 13 in reducin a mass of dough to a flat form of the t ickness desired. The said roll 60 is rovided with trunnions 61, designed to be isposed in the bifurcations 26 of the locking member 22. One of the said trunnions 61 is provided with a spur gear 62,- Fig. 4, intermeshed with the spur gear 14, so that the roll 60 will derive motion from the lower roll 13.

As clearlycppears in Figs. 3 and 5, the trunnions 61 of the roll 60 are superimposed upon the reversely arranged terminals63 springsG-i. By virtue of this provision, it Will be manifest that when the nut 42 is turned downwardly to press the roll 60 toward the roll 13, the springs will be tensioned, and consequently when the nut 42 is turned upwardly, the springs will cause the roll 60 and the locking member 22 to follow the upward movement of the nut. From this it follows that the roll '30 may he nicely adjusted and positioned to determine the thickness of the layer of dough that is formed between. the rolls 60 and 13.

Mounted on the trunnions 61 of the roll 60 are the arms of e scraper 71 that is opposed to the perimeter of aid roll 60, with :.L view to taking the layer of dough off the same. The scraper 71 is connected by bolts Fl to inturned portions on the arms Z0, and the said hoits 7? also serve for the connection of e heel-Zing strip 71* that is interposed between the erms "l0, is arranged hack of the scraper T 1, with view to lending increased stii'i'ness and strength to th scraper 171, The said scraper "F1 is peculiar in that its portion that is opposed to the perimeter of the rolls G0 is merged into a curvilinear guide 72 that is opposed in spaced relation to the erimeter of the roll 13 so as to cause thevlayer or dough taken oi? the roll 60 to follow the roll 13 and between said roll 13 and the rolling cutter 80. Said rolling cutter 80 has trunnions SE. at its ends, and also has spaced cuttin disks 82. The trunnions 81 are removehly arranged in the hifurcations 5% of the lower and forward locking members 32', and consequently the said rolling cutter 86 may he expeditiously and easily removed and as readily replaced with a rolling cutter, the disks 82 of which are arranged at it greater or less distance apart according to the width of the macaroni sectior s that it is desired produce. Mounted 11 the trunnions 8i oithe rolling cutter SO, 5, are the urnis 3 of a scraper 86., of la formation, Which is designed and dapted to prevent the cut strips of macaroni adhering to the rolling cutter The aid comb-like scraper 86 serves in conjunc- --ion with e scraper 87 carried by the end members 9 and 10' and opposed to the perime'ter of the roll 13, to-form a throat through Which the strips of macaroni may pass to a receptacle placed for their reception.

In the practical operation of my, novel machine, the dough is fed forwardly between the rolls 60 and 13, the nut l2 being" adjusted to regulate the thiciniess of the layer of dough. Ti lie said layer is removed by the scraper from the roll 60 and is guided by the guide 72 between the roll 13. on the one hand, and the rolling cutter 80 on the other, after which the strips of meceroni are disw or charged through the throat formed between the comb-like scraper 85 and the scraper S7. Manifestly when the nut 53 is loosened, and the stem 52 is swung upwardly to release the upper portion of the locking member 32 the rolling cutter may be readily removed to give place to another rolling cutter having spaces of greater or less width between their disks 82' as occasion demands.

It will further be apparent from the foregoing that notwithstanding its efiiciency and the facility with which it may be adjusted to bring about the best results, my novel machine is compact and simple in construction, is susceptible of being e '1 operated by unskilled lahor, e of delicite parts such as are ii to out of order after a short period ise 1 While I have illustrated it crank for the manual operation of my novel machin it is to be under I that power ineai employed for i iving the roll 18; means of co E machine is music 1236.

Having" de invention, claim and desire to secure hy Letters-Patout, is:

l, in u dougg'i-rolli end cutting machine, a frame. a roll irnaled therein and equipped at one end with. a. spur gear, lociing' members xedly connected with the frame; one 01 members having an aperture and the other having a bifurcation, a transverse rod carried by the frame and having a threaded stem extending through the aperture in one locking member, a sleeve cupable of turning about said rod and having a slot receiving the threaded stem and also having a threaded stem adapted for arrangement in the bifurcation of the other locking member, nuts mounted on said stems at the outer sides of the locking member, a roll interposed between one of the locking members and the first-named roll. and having a spur gear intermeshed with that of the named roll, it rolling cutter interposed between the other locking inen'ibers and the 1" termeshcd with that of said first-named roll, a scraper connected with the trunnions of the first-named roll and opposed to the perimeter of said roll and having a reversely arranged guide portion opposed in spaced relation to the perimeter of the first-named roll, a second scraper carried by the frame First-named roll and having a spur gear in 2. In a dough-rolling and cutting machine, a frame, a roll journaled therein and ing a threaded stem extending through the aperture in one looking member, a sleeve capable of turnlng about said rod and havmg a slot receiving the threaded stem and also having a threaded stem adapted for ari rangement in the bifurcation of the other locking member, nuts mounted on said stems at the outer sides of the locking member, a roll interposed between one of the locking members and the first-named roll and having a spur-gear intermeshed with that .of said first-named roll, and a rolling cutter interposed between the other locking member and the first-named roll and having a spur gear intermeshed with that of said first-named roll.

3. In a dough-rolling and cutting maa bifurcatlon, of a rock-shaft mounted in theframe and having an angularly disposed threaded stem to extend through the aperture in one looking member, anut mounted on said stem at the outer side of the locking member, a sleeve mounted to turn about its axis on the rock-shaft and having a slot receiving the stem thereof and also having :1 threaded stem adapted to be positioned in the bifurcation of the other locking member and a nut mounted on said stem at the outer side of the locking member; said locking member being adapted to hold rolling elements to their work.

5. The combination of a frame, a lock lng memberv hingedly connected therewith, springs connected with the frame, means for adjusting the locking member inwardly and .holding the same against outward move ment, a rolling-element having trunnions interposed between the locking member and the said springs, anda roll to cooperate with said rolling element.

6. The combination of a frame having end members, springs connected with said end members and having reversely directed portions, a roll having trunnions opposed to said reversely-directed portions of the springs, a locking member hingedly connected with the frame and arranged at the opposite sides of the roll trunnions with -ref erence to the springs, and means for adjusting the locking member inwardly against the action of the springs and holdingthe roll to its work.

7. The combination of a frame having end members, springs connected with said end members and having reversely directed portions, a roll having trunnions opposed to said reversely-directed portions of the springs, a locking member hingedly connected with the frame and arranged at the opposite sides of the roll trunnions with reference to the springs, a threaded stem carried by the frame and extending through an apertured portion of the locking member, and a nut mounted on saidstem at the outer side of the locking member.

8. The combination of a frame, a roll mounted therein, a roll mounted in the frame andopposed to the first-named roll, and a scraper connected with the trunnions of the second-named roll and opposed to the perimeter of said roll and having a reversely extending portion spaced from the first-named roll and adapted to serve as a guide in conjunction therewith.

9. The combination of a frame, a roll mounted therein, a second roll mounted in the frame and adapted to serve in conjunction with the first-named roll in reducing a mass of the dough to a layer, a locking mem ber hingedly connected with the frame, a rolling cutter removably arranged in said locking member and interposed between the same and the first-named roll, and means detachably connectingthe outer portion of the locking member with the frame to normally hold-the rolling cutter to its work.

10. The combination of a frame, a roll mounted therein, a second roll mounted .in the frame and adapted to serve in conjunction with the first-named roll in reducing a mass of the dough to a layer, a locking member hingedly connected with the frame, a rolling cutter removably arranged in said locking member and interposed between the same and the first-named roll, means detachably connecting the outer portion of the locking member with the frame to normally hold the rolling cutter to its work, and a comb-like scraper connected with the! trun nions' of the rolling cutter and opposed to the disks of the cutter and the portions thereof between the disks.

In testimony whereof I afiix-my signature.

LOUIS DE VITO. 

